The Beatles in Cinema Posters
The Beatles, and their music, are a gift that continues to give with new legions of fans constantly emerging. Merchandise and memorabilia associated with the band also remains hugely popular. Film's and documentaries about the Beatles probably now run into the hundreds. However, there are five motion pictures in which the band appear and these are considered the 'Beatles films'. The five films are A Hard Days Night (1964), Help (1965), Magical Mystery Tour (1967), Yellow Submarine (1968), and Let It Be (1970). The films all had cinema releases, and the posters associated with them are, of course, highly coveted. [...]
Country of Origin Cinema Posters
A country of origin cinema poster comes from the country a film was made. UK Quads for the James Bond franchise or a US One Sheet for the film Jaws are considered to be country of origin posters. As a rule of thumb, these posters are more desirable than non-country of origin posters. Quad posters for Dr No, From Russia With Love and Goldfinger trade at multiples of the prices of the US posters. However, the UK artwork for these films is considered to be better and this explains some of the difference in price. To make a better like [...]
Selecting a Frame for your Cinema Poster
You've purchased a wonderful cinema poster and unless you are still in the throes of student life you will probably want to frame it. Framing cinema posters can raise tricky questions, not least due to their different sizes. In this article we will look at some different options. Framing Methods for Cinema Posters Cost, appearance, fit, and protection are some of the factors to weigh up when deciding how to frame your cinema poster. We will look at three different framing methods in the context of these criteria. The frames we discuss are the Snap Frame, the Picture Frame [...]
Rest of the World Cinema Poster Sizes
Recent artiles have looked at US Cinema Poster sizes and UK poster sizes and formats. With this article, we will close the loop by examining some notable posters from other countries with a rich history in producing cinema posters. We begin in Europe then travel east to look at some wonderful examples of Japanese film posters. Italian Cinema Posters Italian films have won many foreign language Oscars and Palme D'Or's and this country has had a major influence on cinema since the advent of film-making. Its independence from Holywood is also reflected in the fact it prints its own cinema [...]
US Cinema Poster Sizes
No country has a wider range of cinema poster sizes than the US. Hollywood is, of course, considered the birthplace of the modern film industry and for the past 100 years, the largest Film Studios (which commission the printing of cinema posters) continue to be based there. Demographics also play a part A larger population leads to more cinemas and more poster formats. In this article, we explore many US Cinema Poster Sizes. Once again the pictures are to scale to enable comparison. US Lobby Card (14 x 11 inches) While the UK had Front of House Cards (10 x [...]
UK Cinema Poster Sizes
As discussed in last week's blog about the 4 most common posters we stock on the Cinema Poster Gallery, the Quad has been the standard UK cinema poster since the 1930s. In this article, we discuss the origins of the Quad poster and other collectible UK cinema posters. UK Quad Poster Quad is an abbreviation for quadruple crown. A quadruple crown measure 40 x 30 inches. The name derives its origins from the 'Crown' poster, which measures 20 x 15 inches. The use of Crown size posters has long been discontinued in UK cinemas. The Quad poster is always printed [...]
Common Cinema Poster Sizes and Formats
Cinema posters come in many shapes and sizes and from a range of different countries. The subject merits more than one article and is best explored with scaled poster images to provide context. For this reason, in the coming weeks, we will examine cinema poster sizes and country of origin through a number of different blog posts. This week we will examine the 4 poster types which, at any given time, account for the majority of posters stocked on the 'Cinema Poster Gallery' website. The posters we refer to are the UK Quad Poster, the US One Sheet Poster, the French [...]
Cinema Posters as Fine Art
Last week’s blog article on our website about BANKSY got us thinking about the similarities, and differences, between the market for cinema posters and other types of Fine Art. In this article, by answering a series of questions, we compare the two markets. What is Fine Art? The Cambridge Dictionary provides a good definition. Fine Art is drawings, paintings, and sculptures that are admired for their beauty and have no practical use. Are cinema posters considered to be Fine Art? A cinema poster is initially printed for a practical reason – to promote a film. At a later stage when [...]
Investing in BANKSY through Cinema Posters
Few if any artists alive today command as much attention as BANKSY. Any new work attributed to the artist delights audiences and is beamed by news stations around the world. Quite simply BANKSY is a phenomenon and a very 21st Century phenomenon. His popularity has led to huge demand for his artwork. Fortunately, our humble pastime of collecting cinema posters has been sprinkled with some BANKSY magic via the release of his 2010 documentary ‘Exit Through the Gift Shop’. In this article, we will discuss in broad terms how the market for BANKSY’s artworks, and the effect this has had [...]
Bond Cars that feature in Bond Posters
This week's episode of Top Gear had a brilliant feature on James Bond cars. The Bond Cars, like the film cinema posters, are one of the cornerstones that make the franchise so enduring. We thought we would look at Bond Cars and Bond Cinema Posters together. In this article, we examine some examples of where a Bond car features in a Bond Cinema Poster. Goldfinger and the Aston Martin DB5 The most iconic Bond car of all must be the Aston Martin DB5 which first appeared in Goldfinger. A DB3 was written into the Goldfinger novel by Ian Fleming, not [...]
